Green | December 27, 2008 | 5 comments

10 places already feeling global warming's heat

source: http://www.newser.com/story/46114/10-places-already-feeling-global-warmings-heat.html

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While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects are already being felt all over the world, reports Scientific American. The worst-hit:

Darfur: the deserts have been crippled by a decades-long drought, and can no longer support farmers or their grazing herds.

America's Gulf Coast: multiple hurricanes are sending scary signals of what we can look forward to.

Northern Europe: right now warmer temperatures are ideal for wine production, but wineries will have to move to cooler regions if temperatures keep rising.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef: going, going, and before long, completely gone. “As the reefs vanish, the fish will surely follow.”

Island nations: the nation of Kiribati became the first to declare its land uninhabitable, and is planning to evacuate the entire population.
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5 comments // 10 places already feeling global warming's heat

  • witsendnj
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      witsendnj  

    • I live in NJ and all the trees here are going to be extinct within 10 years due to acid rain and drought due to global warming.

      How's that for a current effect? Don't believe me? Go out and look at the nearest trees. The bark is falling off, limbs are rotting, needles are falling from evergreens. By the time these symptoms are apparent the tree cannot recover.

    • 3 years ago
  • kennymotown
  • Varex_Sythe
  • Kepano
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      Kepano  

    • Don't for get the Following Pacific Nations;Tuvalu*, Kiribati* Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, Guam, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Torres Strait Islands, Vanuatu, Wailis & Futuna, West Papua, Hawai'i is being affected.

    • 3 years ago
  • pjacobs51
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